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The phases of quantum chromodynamics: from confinement to extreme environments

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521804507, 9780521804509, 9780511063718
Open Library ID
OL22574450M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3089794 bytes)
Series
Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology 21
Pages
187\187
Library
kolxoz
DPI
300
Scanned
landscape
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This book discusses the physical phases of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in ordinary environments, as well as in extreme environments with high temperatures and high baryon numbers. Under such extreme conditions, new phases are thought to exist: the quark-gluon plasma and color superconductivity. After introducing lattice gauge theory, John Kogut and Mikhail Stephanov emphasize the application of QCD to the study of matter in extreme environments through a host of methods. These include lattice gauge theory, lower dimensional model field theories and effective Lagrangians.

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